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Ottawa Citizen
18-07-2025
- Sport
- Ottawa Citizen
Kyle teenager Chloe Wills wins Saskatchewan Amateur women's golf title
Article content HUMBOLDT — Chloe Wills has ditched the hockey stick. Article content For now on, it's golf sticks only. Article content Golf, golf and more golf. Article content The newly crowned Saskatchewan Women's Amateur golf champion — just 17 — will soon be heading south of the border to attend college in Springfield, Missouri, and focus on NCAA Div. 2 golf at Drury University. Article content 'It's getting close,' pointed out Wills, a native of Kyle, who flies out August 8. Article content Article content But, for now, she can celebrate an 'unexpected' provincial women's golf championship at the Humboldt Golf Club. Article content Article content 'It's great — it's really exciting,' says Wills, who prevailed Thursday with a one-shot victory over runner-up Ella Kozak of Yorkton. Article content 'I wasn't really coming here expecting to win. I was just hoping to have three solid rounds, which I was able to do. The greens were rolling great. The course played to my advantage.' Article content Wills finished at 1-under-par over the three-round tournament with scores of 70-74-72—216. Article content Kozak had rounds of 74-72-71—217. Article content Wills had been playing hockey, as a forward, for the Swift Current AA Wildcats and, before that, back home in Kyle until the pee wee (U13) ranks, but she is now only focusing on golf. Article content It's a family sport. Article content 'My dad (Curtis Wills) has always been a golfer and he took my brother and I out when we were younger,' offered Wills, whose family has golf memberships at both Saskatchewan Landing and Swift Current, where they've taken junior group lessons, as well as doing a bit golf at home in Kyle. Article content Article content Wills started doing tournaments at age 11. Article content Article content 'Once I started being competitive,' she said, 'I really started to enjoy it.' Article content Winnipeg's Charmaine Hayden (77-76-74—227) placed fourth in the Saskatchewan Amateur, followed by Saskatoon's junior-aged Grace Odnokon (84-72-75—231). Article content Hayden captured the mid-Amateur women's crown for 2025, finishing six shots better than Chaplin's Holly Knudsen. Article content Article content Article content Article content
Calgary Herald
18-07-2025
- Sport
- Calgary Herald
Kyle teenager Chloe Wills wins Saskatchewan Amateur women's golf title
Article content HUMBOLDT — Chloe Wills has ditched the hockey stick. Article content For now on, it's golf sticks only. Article content Golf, golf and more golf. Article content The newly crowned Saskatchewan Women's Amateur golf champion — just 17 — will soon be heading south of the border to attend college in Springfield, Missouri, and focus on NCAA Div. 2 golf at Drury University. Article content 'It's getting close,' pointed out Wills, a native of Kyle, who flies out August 8. Article content Article content But, for now, she can celebrate an 'unexpected' provincial women's golf championship at the Humboldt Golf Club. Article content Article content 'I wasn't really coming here expecting to win. I was just hoping to have three solid rounds, which I was able to do. The greens were rolling great. The course played to my advantage.' Article content Wills finished at 1-under-par over the three-round tournament with scores of 70-74-72—216. Article content Kozak had rounds of 74-72-71—217. Article content Wills had been playing hockey, as a forward, for the Swift Current AA Wildcats and, before that, back home in Kyle until the pee wee (U13) ranks, but she is now only focusing on golf. Article content It's a family sport. Article content 'My dad (Curtis Wills) has always been a golfer and he took my brother and I out when we were younger,' offered Wills, whose family has golf memberships at both Saskatchewan Landing and Swift Current, where they've taken junior group lessons, as well as doing a bit golf at home in Kyle. Article content Article content Wills started doing tournaments at age 11. Article content Article content 'Once I started being competitive,' she said, 'I really started to enjoy it.' Article content Winnipeg's Charmaine Hayden (77-76-74—227) placed fourth in the Saskatchewan Amateur, followed by Saskatoon's junior-aged Grace Odnokon (84-72-75—231). Article content Hayden captured the mid-Amateur women's crown for 2025, finishing six shots better than Chaplin's Holly Knudsen. Article content Article content
